Summer, wait over, Moods shift, kids feel free, infectious, Embrace, ride the wave, GOOD.

Pulled in to Home Depot, lazy afternoon, long weekend, Low and behold, juxtapose two young couples, One walking across the parking lot, man in white tee shirt, woman with long sleeve navy blue, They were holding hands, chatting quietly. Another couple, sitting in a parked van, maroon red; man talking in ernest, young woman tired …

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Tall guy, bearded baller, Bruin, then Blazer, Celtic, Quirky champion, [Bonus] Gone to soon, that bright smile.

Simple mantras, those stick, those go most quickly to the point. Drink water Love hard Fight racism. On a shirt I wear sometimes. People sometimes comment. Happened recently. I smiled and said thanks to the lady who made the comment. Her friend said as I walked away, “What did his shirt say”, I replied over …

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Lessons, maybe values too, from the ancestors, those gone from this earth, Remembering, a curious human practice, take time to recall, from Respect and Gratitude and Love, Might also be from Anger, Regret, little Regard …? More complicated thus … When people and events from the past come up, are brought up, sometimes they drum …

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Funny thing, two of my oldest friends are both named Murphy. And back in my family a bit, there’s a Murphy somewhere, so that makes me a Murphy too. These two guys, separated by schools — I went to middle and high school with one, and then college with another — And these guys are …

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All for one, says it, Attitude most high, preferred, Get there every day.

Longing, just quiet, Sometimes elusive, kids full, Learn to be just so.

Consider it curated, thought therein, if you’re lucky, some care, Giving agency to both the creator and patron, Symbiotic, so good, GOOD.